Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-09-14

beef, and in the cake cupboard was a
store Of crisp seed cakes and delicate
cupcakes, not to mention loayes Of
pound and fruit cake. but all those
were for expected company. What if
they werep There were plenty for the
company and the boy too Good House
keeping.
MISTAKEN, THOUGH WELL MEANT.
Why do SO many people when they
wish to make friends with child either
begin to tease it, as they would, a
puppy or kitten, which treatment is
sure to end in irritation of the nerves,
or else bestow upon them a nickle for
candy that will aid in upsetting its
stomach and result in. the same gross
grain state? A mother said the other
day: ~ feel like throwing into the fire
every stick of candy that is given to
Willie, but .Ican't offend the people
whose intentions are SO kind, and so I
painfully watch him MUNICH it down,
knowing all the time it will surely harm
him. :" Some of the great lovers of
children talk but little to them and
never give them sweetmeats, yet all the
same the little folks, as if by intuition,
know their friends, and often prefer be-
ing left in the care of the least demon
strative.-New England Farmer. -: =
New discoveries what claim to be
discoveries of the healing virtues of the
plants-are continually made. One of
the latest is that celery is cure for
rheumatism; indeed, it is asserted that
the disease is impossible if the vegetable
is cooked and freely eaten. The fact
that it is always put on the table raw
prevents it's therapeutic powers from be-
ing known. The celery should be cut
into bits, boiled in water until soft, and
the water drank by the patient. Serve
warm, with pieces of toasted bread, and
the painful ailment' will soon yield.
EGGS IN SUMNER.
Without claiming any special know
ledge as to the methods whereby the
hen Celebrates her egg, can positively
affirm that Summer eggs are not as good
generally, even when perfectly fresh. as
those laid earlier in the season, when
grain is the hens chief food, After the
hen begins to depend mainly on grass
and insects the egg rapidly deteriorates
in irrespective of injury by the heat
About harvest time, if the hens have free
range, the egg is better favored. 1t
seems fresher, though the W Gather then
is generally about as warm as any time.
think wheat grain, whole, is excellent
for hens, both to make quantity and
quality of eggs, and at present prices of
it is the cheapest as we'll as the best
feed for poultry. When a week old
chickens will eat whole wheat grains,
and before that age cracked wheat is
better for them than almost anything
else.
According to DR.. Goessman car Donate
of lime is often found in dairy salt in
such quantities as to impair its value.
the practice of sailing with brine en-
ables the manufacturer to remove this
and other insoluble foreign material.
Even one-fourth of l per cent of ch4o-
rides of calcium or magnesium giver a
bitter. unpleasant taste. Good salt can
not improve carelessly make butter or
cheese, but a lower grade of salt will
undeniably destroy the keeping quality
of good butter or cheese. Good dairy
| salt may became Objectionable in con-
sequence of careless storing near strong
smelling substances or in barns.
woMEN's FLAT CHESTS.
NY. Times: Every woman will. of
course, deny that she laces. A very
eminent lady specialist of New York
said, however, a few weeks since that
you could not lay the weight Of your
hnger on an exposed vein without lim-
ting its natural flow of blood. She al
so said that she had not had female
patient for many months. who had
drawn full breath, one which expand
ed her lungs to their full capacity, for
a year. The doctors and druggist
could, if they chose tell story concern
ing American women which would to
the intelligent ear be startling. They
say that perfectly sound girl of 20 is
unc ommon in society. The female
a ristocracy in one section Of the land
have deoreed fiat chests to be the pro-
per thing, because many of them.
through relaxed muscles and dimin-
ishedr strength, were poverty stricken
in curving lines of beauty. They had
fine working majority with which to
pass the fashionable law. Those fan
chests were simply the natural result
of generation or 50 of dressing and
living on the fashionable American